Articles for Vinesh Phogat

Year Ender 2024: From Sunita Williams to Vinesh Phogat, women who made global headlines
4 days ago

Year Ender 2024: From Sunita Williams to Vinesh Phogat, women who made global headlines

India TV News  

From Sunita Williams to Vinesh Phogat, some of the Indian women have made global headlines in 2024. Sunita Williams this year embarked on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station aboard the Boeing Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024. With an illustrious career including medals at the World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Games, Vinesh Phogat has made a …

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Vinesh Phogat urges Modi to act on farmers' protest
1 week, 1 day ago

Vinesh Phogat urges Modi to act on farmers' protest

Deccan Chronicle  

Congress MLA Vinesh Phogat on Sunday expressed concern over the ongoing farmers' protests, describing the situation in the country as “emergency-like” and urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take concrete action rather than just giving speeches. Phogat, a former wrestler turned politician, visited protesting farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike at the Khanauri …

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Google Year in Search 2024: IPL tops most-searched sports events in India, Virat Kohli missing from top people list
1 week, 5 days ago

Google Year in Search 2024: IPL tops most-searched sports events in India, Virat Kohli missing from top people list

Firstpost  

Google recently released the top-10 searches for sports events and matches in India this year, apart from also announcing the top-10 people searched in India. The Indian Premier League topped the most-searched sports events list in India, but Virat Kohli failed to make the top people list in India. PTI / AP The Indian Premier League, T20 World Cup and …

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Three Indians on BBC's 100 most inspiring women list: All about them
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Three Indians on BBC's 100 most inspiring women list: All about them

India Today  

Three Indians have made it to the BBC's list of the 100 most inspiring and influential women worldwide for 2024. Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat, funerary rites pioneer Pooja Sharma, and social activist Aruna Roy are amongst 97 other influential women across the globe who are featured on the list. Indian Americans Sunita Williams, a NASA astronaut, and Sneha Revanur, a 20-year-old …

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Aruna Roy, Vinesh Phogat, and Pooja Sharma among BBC's 100 most inspiring women of 2024
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Aruna Roy, Vinesh Phogat, and Pooja Sharma among BBC's 100 most inspiring women of 2024

New Indian Express  

Three prominent Indians—social activist Aruna Roy, wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat, and funerary rites pioneer Pooja Sharma—have made it to the prestigious BBC list of 100 Most Influential and Inspiring Women for 2024. Vinesh Phogat, a former wrestler who has transitioned into politics, has been a vocal advocate for women's rights and has also fought for better policies in sports. Pooja Sharma, …

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Vinesh Phogat faces criticism as MLA, 'missing posters' in Jhulana go viral
1 month ago

Vinesh Phogat faces criticism as MLA, 'missing posters' in Jhulana go viral

India TV News  

Newly elected Congress MLA and former Olympian Vinesh Phogat have been at the centre of controversy after “missing” posters bearing his name and photo surfaced at Jhulana in Jind. Missing posters spark controversy A poster with Vinesh Phogat’s picture and “Missing MLA” has been put up at Jhulana. Election duties kept her away According to reports, Vinesh Phogat was actively …

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Fact-Finding Team Investigating Allegations of Sexual Exploitation Against IPS Officer in Haryana
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fact-Finding Team Investigating Allegations of Sexual Exploitation Against IPS Officer in Haryana

The Hindu  

Fact-finding team investigating allegations of sexual exploitation against an IPS officer in Haryana, has interviewed 40-odd women police personnel so far, including several namesakes of the seven complainants. The team has also summoned the investigating officer at Faridabad on Tuesday to seek progress report into the matter.

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Haryana Election 2024: When And Where To Watch Exit Poll Results; Know Key Candidates, Seats
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana Election 2024: When And Where To Watch Exit Poll Results; Know Key Candidates, Seats

ABP News  

Haryana election 2024: Voting for the Haryana Assembly elections is being held in a single phase from 7 am to 6 pm on Saturday. Haryana Election Exit Poll: When And Where To Watch Exit polls will be released shortly after voting concludes, with predictions set to air at 6:30 pm, in accordance with Election Commission of India guidelines. Haryana Election …

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Julana Assembly Election 2024: Will wrestler Vinesh Phogat clear her first political 'agnipariksha'?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Julana Assembly Election 2024: Will wrestler Vinesh Phogat clear her first political 'agnipariksha'?

India TV News  

Julana Assembly Election 2024: The Julana Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Congress - Vinesh Phogat BJP - Captain Yogesh Bairagi JJP - Amarjeet Dhanda INLD - Surender Lather AAP - Kavita Dalal Past winners on the seat and the parties 1967: Chaudhary Dal Singh 1968: Narain Singh Kataria 1970: Chaudhary Dal Singh …

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Vinesh Phogat claims she got no support in Paris Olympics after disqualification, says 'politics happened...'
3 months, 1 week ago

Vinesh Phogat claims she got no support in Paris Olympics after disqualification, says 'politics happened...'

India TV News  

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has claimed that she got no support in Paris after she was disqualified from contesting in the gold medal match for weighing 100 grams in the 50 kg weight category. But Vinesh has now claimed that she got no support in Paris and that PT Usha clicking a picture with her and posting on social media …

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Vinesh Phogat files nomination from Julana constituency: 'Will work hard for welfare of people'
3 months, 1 week ago

Vinesh Phogat files nomination from Julana constituency: 'Will work hard for welfare of people'

India TV News  

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: Wrestler and Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat on Wednesday filed nomination from Haryana's Julana Assembly Constituency and said she will work for the welfare of the people in his constituency. While campaigning in her constituency, Vinesh Phogat on Sunday said she expects to win each battle with the blessings of people as kicked off her campaign for …

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India TV Sports Wrap on September 11: Today's top 10 trending news stories
3 months, 1 week ago

India TV Sports Wrap on September 11: Today's top 10 trending news stories

India TV News  

Arch-rivals England and Australia are set to face each other today at the Ros Bowl in Southampton in the first T20I of the three-match series. Today's Top 10 Trending Sports News Stories AFG vs NZ: Third straight day of one-off Test in Greater Noida abandoned due to rain The third day's play of the one-off Test between Afghanistan and New …

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Will win the electoral battle with the people’s blessings: Vinesh Phogat
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Will win the electoral battle with the people’s blessings: Vinesh Phogat

Hindustan Times  

Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat, who is contesting the assembly poll on a Congress ticket on Sunday kicked off her election campaign from her husband’s ancestral village Bakhta Khera in Jind’s Julana assembly constituency. Interacting with reporters, 30-year-old Vinesh Phogat, daughter-in-law of Bakhta Khera village, said that she has kicked-off her campaign and hopes to win the electoral battle with the blessing …

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Haryana Election: Brij Bhushan Alleges Hooda Family 'Used Wrestlers Like Pandavas Used Draupadi'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Haryana Election: Brij Bhushan Alleges Hooda Family 'Used Wrestlers Like Pandavas Used Draupadi'

ABP News  

Gonda, Sep 8 Former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday accused the Hooda family of Congress of conspiring against him by using wrestlers as wager just as Pandavas had put Draupadi at stake. Singh, a former chief of Wrestling Federation of India, was last year accused of sexual assault by several female wrestlers, who sat on a protest …

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Brij Bhushan Singh compares Bhupinder Hooda and his family to Pandavas, says country won't forgive them
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Brij Bhushan Singh compares Bhupinder Hooda and his family to Pandavas, says country won't forgive them

Hindustan Times  

Former Lok Sabha MP and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday compared former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his family to the Pandavas. Brij Bhushan and Vinesh Phogat His statement followed the joining of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia into the Congress. Singh alleged that their joining proves the wrestlers’ protests against him were part …

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Railways initiate process to relieve Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Railways initiate process to relieve Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia

The Hindu  

The Northern Railway has initiated the process of accepting the resignation of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, with both players expected to be relieved "as early as possible," railway sources said on Sunday. "The provision of serving three-month notice period after resigning by a railway employee will not come in the way of relieving these two players as we …

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Brij Bhushan says allegations against him were "conspiracy" after Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat joining Congress
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Brij Bhushan says allegations against him were "conspiracy" after Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat joining Congress

The Hindu  

A day after wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the Congress party, former Wrestling Federation of India president and BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said this development proves that the entire wrestlers' movement was a "conspiracy" against him and the Congress party was behind it. Speaking to ANI on Saturday, Mr. Singh said that just when the wrestler's …

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Brij Bhushan's first reaction as Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia join Congress: 'Bhupinder Hooda wrote the script’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Brij Bhushan's first reaction as Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia join Congress: 'Bhupinder Hooda wrote the script’

Hindustan Times  

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, former Wrestling Federation of India chief and Bharatiya Janata Party leader, hit out at several top Congress leaders on Saturday, a day after wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the Congress ahead of the Haryana assembly elections. The Congress, together with the wrestlers, has undermined wrestling in this country.” Olympians Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia, …

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Sakshi Malik terms Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat joining Congress their personal choice, says she too got offers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sakshi Malik terms Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat joining Congress their personal choice, says she too got offers

The Hindu  

Ahead of the formal induction of Olympians Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat into Congress, Olympic medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik on Friday said that the choice to join the political party was solely the personal choice of the two athletes. “I also got several political offers,” Sakshi Malik said adding that she refused to take them up because she says she …

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Vinesh Phogat joins Congress ahead of Haryana polls: 'Ready to fight from sadak to sansad'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vinesh Phogat joins Congress ahead of Haryana polls: 'Ready to fight from sadak to sansad'

India TV News  

Ahead of the Haryana Assembly elections, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the Congress party on Friday in the presence of party's general secretary KC Venugopal, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan and AICC in-charge of Haryana, Deepak Babaria. On joining Congress, Vinesh Phogat said, "I thank Congress party.Kehte hain na ki bure time mein pata lagta hai ki apna kaun …

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Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia meet Rahul Gandhi, set to contest Haryana election as Congress candidates
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia meet Rahul Gandhi, set to contest Haryana election as Congress candidates

Hindustan Times  

Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are likely to contest the Haryana assembly elections from Julana and Badli seats, respectively as Congress candidates, party sources said. The development comes shortly after Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat met former Congress president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Wednesday amid speculation that the two star grapplers could be fielded in the Haryana …

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Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia Meeting Rahul Gandhi Gives Pace To Speculation On Wrestlers' Political Careers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia Meeting Rahul Gandhi Gives Pace To Speculation On Wrestlers' Political Careers

ABP News  

Specualtions are rife about Olympic wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joining the Congress party ahead of the Assembly polls in Haryana. According to ABP News sources, the Congress party is likely to field the two athletes in the upcoming assembly polls. Initially Rahul Gandhi wanted only Bajrang to fight the polls, but Vinesh also expressed her desire to make …

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Vinesh Phogat gets offer from Congress to contest from any three seats for Haryana elections: Sources
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vinesh Phogat gets offer from Congress to contest from any three seats for Haryana elections: Sources

India TV News  

Amid the ongoing Congress CEC meeting for the Haryana Assembly elections, Vinesh Phogat has been offered to contest from any of the three assembly seats of Haryana on behalf of Congress, sources told India TV. Notably, Charkhi Dadri, Badhda, and Julana are the three seats that have been offered to Vinesh Phogat to contest the Haryana Assembly polls. Vinesh Phogat …

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When is Vinesh Phogat joining politics? Wrestler attending farmers' protest at Shambhu border replies
3 months, 3 weeks ago

When is Vinesh Phogat joining politics? Wrestler attending farmers' protest at Shambhu border replies

Hindustan Times  

Olympian Vinesh Phogat on Saturday refrained from commenting on her political plans as she joined the protesting farmers at the Shambhu border. Olympian Vinesh Phogat being felicitated at a farmers' rally on the 200th day of their ongoing protest at Shambhu border. Vinesh Phogat joined the farmers at the Shambhu border as their protest, demanding a legal guarantee for the …

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